Title :
Experimental demonstration of an incoherent TDM-PON with 30 Gb/s D8PSK downstream and 10 Gb/s OOK upstream data
Author :
Sotiropoulos, Nikolaos ; Koonen, A.M.J. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
Bidirectional transmission of 30 Gb/s D8PSK (downstream) and 10 Gb/s OOK (upstream) signals over a TDM-PON has been demonstrated experimentally. Results indicate that incoherent multilevel formats are an attractive option for providing the high bit rates required for future TDM-PONs.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; differential phase shift keying; passive optical networks; time division multiplexing; OOK upstream data; PSK downstream; bidirectional transmission; incoherent TDM PON; incoherent multilevel formats; Complexity theory; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
